As was revealed by Argentine newspaper La Nación, Clarín is the only group that remains on track for the purchase of Nextel after a foreign capital fund that was interested has been discarded. NII Holding has sold its operations in Perú, Chile and Mexico and the only operation they would be left with, once the purchase by clarín is effectuated, would be the Brazilian one, which TIM (Telecom Italia) has recently denied buying.

The possible purchase of Nextel by Clarín is paradoxical, since Nextel Argentina has been reducing its marketshare every quarter and does not have a 4G transtion strategy. Also, big Latin American companies like Mexico’s Televisa and Chile’s VTR -main Pay-Tv operators each one in its country- have decided to shut down their own networks and are betting on developing as mobile virtual netowrk operators (MVNO).

If the transaction is made, Clarín would become the first Argentine company of the video market to enter the mobile telephony sector. Besides from Pay-TV, Cablevisión offers broadband services as well.

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